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Created	2009-10-25	Views	475
Modified	2009-10-25	Id	523
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"Windows Live Mail" [WLM] includes a "Contacts" section. In the current release of WLM - the "Contacts" are referred to as "Windows Live Contacts" [WLC].

To transfer the Windows Address Book [WAB]. To transfer the WAB to WLC - do the following:

1 - install Express Assist 9 (EA9) on the machine running Outlook Express (XP, W98, etc)

2 - make a backup copy of the WAB. Note - the WAB is contained within the EA9 "Windows Files" backup group.

3 - copy the backup file from step 2 to the machine running WLM (or to some media that can be read on the WLM machine).

4 - install EA9 on the "target" machine

5 - run EA9 -- click "Restore"

6 - locate the backup from step 3 and "open" it.

7 - choose restore option "Restore or View Data Files"

8 - locate the WAB (in the "Windows Files" backup group).

9 - check the WAB to be restored. (If the target machine is an XP machine - then check the box to restore the Address Book for Import).

10 - click "Restore Now" -- the program will place a copy of the WAB from the OE machine into a folder in your "Documents" folder on the target machine. It will also then show a step-by-step instruction on how to import the WAB into Windows Contacts on Vista. Close this help tips window.

11 - run Windows Live Mail

12 - click on the "Contacts" item (lower left on the WLM window).

13 - go to the "Contacts" menu "File" - "Import" - "Windows Address Book"

14 - Look in the "Documents" folder for the "Restored Address Book.wab" (note - the ".wab" will not show with the default Windows settings)

15 - select the "Restored Address Book" file and "Open" it

16 - finish the Import wizard steps to import the Contacts.